281. Which of the following Sultans died while playing Polo or Chaugan?
1. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
2. Balban
3. Iltutmish
4. Nasiruddin Muhammad
Option “1” is correct. Qutb-ud-din Aibak died of injuries received during an accident in a game of chaugan (Polo). He was buried in Lahore near Anarkali Bazaar.
282. Who was the first temporary chairman of the Constituent Assembly?
1. B R Ambedkar
2. Jawahar Lal Nehru
3. Rajendra Prasad
4. Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha
Option “4” is correct. Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha was the first chairman (temporary) of Constituent Assembly. Later Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as the president and Its vice-president was Harendra Coomar Mookerjee, a Christian from Bengal and former vice-chancellor of Calcutta University.
283. What is the Mehrauli Pillar in the complex of Qutub Minar primarily famous for?
1. Proverbial height
2. Skillful stone cutting
3. Excellent quality steel
4. Statue of Buddha on top
Option “3” is correct. Mehrauli Pillar in the complex of Qutub Minar primarily famous for excellent quality steel.
284. Which script was used in Ashoka’s inscriptions?
1. Brahmi
2. Devanagiri
3. Gurmukhi
4. Sanskrit
Option “1” is correct. Brahmi script was used in Ashoka’s inscriptions.
285. The Bibi Ka Maqbara is a tomb located in __________. It was built by Azam Shah, son of Aurangzeb, in 1678.
Option “2” is correct. The Bibi Ka Maqbara is a tomb located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. It was commissioned by Aurangzeb’s Son Azam in the memory of his Mother Dilras Banu Begum.
286. Battle of Kanauj was fought in the year _________?
1. 1764
2. 1526
3. 1540
4. 1550
Option “3” is correct. Battle of Kanauj was fought in the year 1540.
287. Which of the following periodicals is not correctly matched with its editor?
1. Bande Mataram : Aurobindo Ghosh
2. New India : Bipin Chandra Pal
3. Yugantar : Bhupendranath Dutta
4. Sandhya : Barindra Ghosh
Option “4” is correct. The Bande Mataram was an English language newspaper founded in 1905 by Aurobindo Ghosh. New India newspaper edited by Bipin chandra pal. Yugantar Patrika was a Bengali revolutionary newspaper founded in 1906 in Calcutta by Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Abhinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutt. Sandhya Patrika is not edited by Barindra Ghosh.
288. The song “Vande Mataram” occurs in the book ______.
1. Geetanjali
2. Anandmath
3. Indian People
4. Poverty and Un British – Rule in India
Option “2” is correct. Vande Mataram is a poem written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1870s, which he included in his 1881 novel Anandamath. The poem was composed into song by Rabindranath Tagore. The first political occasion when it was sung in 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.
289. Where is the Brihadeshwar temple, built during the Chola period, located?
Option “3” is correct. Brihadeshwara is the title referring Lord Shiva enshrined in the Tanjore Big Temple built by Raja Raja Chola I and consecrated more than a thousand years back in 1010 AD.It is located in Tanjavur.
290. Kamarup is an ancient name of which region of India?
1. Bihar
2. Rajasthan
3. Karnataka
4. Assam
Option “4” is correct. Kamarupa (or Kamrupa, or even Kamrup) was an ancient Indian region in south-eastern Bengal and Assam. It was known as Pragjyotisha in mythology.
